THE outstanding debt of the national government rose to P5.98 trillion in August, up 1.4 percent or P82.49 billion from a year earlier on higher domestic and foreign obligations, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) data reported Friday.

Month-on-month, the government’s outstanding debt fell by 0.04 percent from P5.982 trillion in July.

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